1974

1973

S. R. van Iterson. Pulga. New York: Morrow. Translated from the Dutch by Alexander and Alison Gode.
Modern realistic fiction.

1972

Hans Peter Richter. Friedrich. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Translated from the German by Edite Kroll.
Historical fiction.

1971

Hans Baumann. In the Land of Ur: The Discovery of Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Pantheon. Translated from the German by Stella Humphries.
Nonfiction.

1970

Alki Zeï. Wildcat Under Glass. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Translated from the Greek by Edward Fenton.
Historical fiction.

1969

Babbis Friis-Baastaad. Don't Take Teddy. New York: Scribner. Translated from the Norwegian by Lise Somme McKinnon.
Modern realistic fiction.

1968

Erich Kästner. The Little Man. New York: Knopf. Translated from the German by James Kirkup.
Fantasy.

Based on a list originally compiled by Linnea Hendrickson, with information on translators and type of book from an article by Joan Nist, "The Mildred L. Batchelder Citation, 1968-1995" in Children's Literature Association Quarterly 20 (Fall 1995):126-128.